(单词翻译:单击)
The First Peacock
第一只孔雀
Argos lived in Ancient Greece.
阿尔戈斯生活在古希腊。
He was a husband and a proud father.
他是个好丈夫，也是个骄傲的父亲。
He worked hard and did well at his job.
他工作努力，工作表现出色。
But one thing about him wasn't normal.
但他有一点不正常。
He was born with 100 eyes.
他生来就有100只眼睛。
Having many eyes was usually a benefit to him.
拥有多只眼睛通常对他是有好处的。
He had a chance to see many things.
他有机会看到很多东西。
Also, since he had so many eyes, he was very good at guarding things.
而且，因为他有这么多眼睛，他很善于守护东西。
While sleeping, he only rested a few eyes at a time.
睡觉时，他一次只让几只眼睛休息一下。
The others stayed open.
其他的眼睛都会睁开。
He worked for Hera, a great goddess.
他为赫拉——一位伟大的女神工作。
His primary function was to guard a special cow.
他的主要职责是看守一头特殊的牛。
The cow was very important to Hera.
这头牛对赫拉来说非常重要。
She loved it.
她很喜欢。
The most essential part of his job was to keep the cow alone.
他工作中最重要的部分就是让这头牛单独待着。
It had to be kept separate from all the other cows and far away from people.
它必须和其他牛分开，远离人群。
This was an easy job for Argos.
这对阿尔戈斯来说是件容易的事。
The cow just ate grass all day.
那头牛整天只吃草。
But the god Zeus wanted the cow.
但是宙斯神想要这头牛。
He wanted to take it away from Hera.
他想把它从赫拉手中夺走。
He had a plan.
他有一个计划。
He found a great music player.
他找到了一个很棒的音乐演奏家。
He asked the man to play a beautiful song for Argos.
他让这个人为阿尔戈斯演奏一首优美的歌曲。
Zeus was certain Argos would go to sleep.
宙斯确信阿尔戈斯会睡着的。
The song had an immediate effect.
这首歌立竿见影。
Argos couldn't focus on his job.
阿尔戈斯无法专注于他的工作。
He fell asleep.
他睡着了。
Zeus saw this, and he took the cow.
宙斯看到后，就把牛带走了。
Hera was very angry with Argos.
赫拉对阿尔戈斯非常生气。
She turned him into a peacock.
她把他变成了一只孔雀。
She put his many eyes on his tail.
她把他的许多眼睛都放在了尾巴上。
Argos was very sad.
阿尔戈斯非常伤心。
Zeus saw how much trouble he had given Argos.
宙斯发现他给阿尔戈斯带来了非常大的麻烦。
He made another plan.
于是他制定了另一个计划。
He turned Argos into a group of stars.
他把阿尔戈斯变成了一群星星。
He wanted Argos to remain in the sky forever.
他希望阿尔戈斯永远留在天空中。
Even today, Argos image remains there, above the site where all his problems began.
即使在今天，阿尔戈斯的影像仍然在那里，在他所有困难开始的地方。
We can still see him in the night sky.
我们仍然可以在夜空中看到他。
